Description

The course provides a quality overview of the operator licencing system and would be useful as a refresher course for Standard Operator Licence holders or as an introduction for new Transport Managers. The syllabus is designed to increase awareness of the compliance requirements when running a commercial HGV fleet and will help to prevent potential infringements, which can lead to prosecution or action taken to curtail, suspend or revoke an operator licence by the Traffic Commissioner.

Topics covered by the one-day training course include:

Operator licence commitment

Introduction to drivers hours regulations

EU driving, work time and break limits

EU rest requirements

Tachograph management

Safe loading overview

Vehicle maintenance

Operator compliance risk score

Course summary and review

The course is free to FORS members (a maximum of two attendees per company), and is DCPC accredited, so will count towards periodic training. Those wishing to bid for courses must be managing transport at the minimum of supervisory level to obtain a place, to gain the maximum benefit from this training. The actual level of management will have to be declared upon application.

Registration is from 8.30am

Course Duration: 9am to 5pm

Cancellation charges for FORS workshops for which there is no attendance charge (funded courses):

FORS will accept cancellations and substitutions notified 5 or more business days prior to a funded FORS workshops however cancellations made less than5 business days prior to any event or non-attendance are subject to the following fees: